Archer Glacier

Archer Glacier
Location of Archer Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Graham Land
Coordinates	65°10′S 63°5′W / 65.167°S 63.083°W / -65.167; -63.083
Thickness	unknown
Highest elevation	406 m (1,332 ft)
Terminus	Bolson Cove
Status	unknown

Archer Glacier (

65°10′S 63°5′W / 65.167°S 63.083°W / -65.167; -63.083Coordinates: 65°10′S 63°5′W / 65.167°S 63.083°W / -65.167; -63.083) is a glacier flowing northwest into the head of Bolson Cove, Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land.

History[]

Archer Glacier was first charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, 1897–99, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Frederick Scott Archer, an English architect who in 1849 invented the wet collodion process of photography, the first practical process on glass.

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References[]

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Archer Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)